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Gary Marcus called it:
“No country will take a decisive lead in the GenAI “race””
We find out by Dec 31, 2026. 100 days to go · on the record 34 days, before anyone knew the answer
MET if not (A single country's generative AI systems occupy the top positions across major public model evaluations and leaderboards at the end of 2026 with no near-peer frontier competitor from any other country, as characterized by reputable technical press.) on the deadline date, before 2026-12-31 23:59 (America/New_York).
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Resolves TRUE if, through December 31, 2026, no single country's generative AI models hold an uncontested top position — i.e., at year end the leading models on widely used public leaderboards and evaluations still include frontier systems from more than one country. Resolves FALSE if, by December 31, 2026, models originating from a single country occupy the top positions across major public evaluations with no near-peer competitor from another country, as reported by reputable technical press.
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Third of Marcus's 2026 predictions in his Substack post of December 20, 2025.
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